Gold?

Barasingha · Dec 6, 2015

I'm sure I am wrong but have to ask. Picked up a couple rings locally; they have some marks in them (see attached). One has a 14 (no K) and the other has a stamp that kind of looks like a 10 but not sure. Gold? Gold plated? Costume?

. Thanks.

gollum · Dec 6, 2015

OH! I thought you were offering some! :laughing7:

jewelerguy · Dec 6, 2015

looks like a winner to me

Ant · Dec 7, 2015

duplicate post...

Ant · Dec 7, 2015

Judging from the pictures the 10 k rings looks 100% like gold, the 14 is harder to tell for me. The picture of the 14 gold doesn't have the contrast for me to detect the crystalline structure on the surface to make a declaration. I do see that structure on the in the 10 k gold, gold plate shines and sparkles without any reflective cuts, and most EGP has a coating of lacquer and highly polished and buffed, gold isn't like that.

So need a better pic IMO on the 14 item.

tamrock · Dec 7, 2015

I just about did a scratch test on it and said wait a sec, that'll just f-up my computer screen

. What I've done in the past is go to a pawn shop, jeweler or precious metals trader because it's a free test to see if it's the real deal or not... I'm clueless on if it's solid 14k gold, but it seems others can tell by just a picture. :dontknow:

masterjedi · Dec 7, 2015

IMO both look "not real" gold to me. I bought and sold gold and silver for over 20 years... I hope it is for your sake though...

Ant · Dec 7, 2015

I've dug pounds of it, been to many pawn shop to test too. After a handling enough gold some of us learn the visual characteristics and physical properties of it. When you sell to a knowing gold buyer they only test a small present of the gold, mostly unmarked and suspected marke gold is tested to determine the percentage.

We for the most part don't test gold that is plated or some other metal, that's because we immediately spot it and put it aside. Now if someone wants a piece tested we will. Some people never learn this, that's how we know masterjedi.

Ant · Dec 7, 2015

Try to sell 50 different items of gold and watch the man. Oh wait most people don't even know what that looks like, lol. Even gold refineries will outright give you a quote without testing, it just depends on what the scrap gold looks like.
That info is even on some refinery web sites, but again if you never have enough gold volume to sell you may never really know this unless someone that has tells you.

Ant · Dec 7, 2015

I'm looking for gold coins when i go on my MD'ing excursions Barasingha, and then any other type if gold or precious metals. This is my digging from Friday to Sunday, no gold, one wheat and a ball charm that might be silver. That was fromabout 8 hours of digging, there's a picture of my trash too.